NEWS IN BRIEF
The house of an ambassador iregarded as being part of the country to which the ambassador belongs. and he does not, therefore, have to conform to the law of the State to which he is appointed. The City of Westminster, which has 100 miles of streets, used a 100 tons of salt to melt lhe snow after a recent storm. Salt now costs five guineas a ton, against nineteen shillings in pre-war days. The potential water power of the United States has been put at 60,000,000 horse-power, but as yet only 10,000,000 horse-power of this is developed. If the other 50,000,000 could be used, it would represent an annual saving of 275,000,000 tons of coal.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2256, 29 March 1921, Page 4
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118NEWS IN BRIEF Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2256, 29 March 1921, Page 4
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